Under the Table and Dreaming

Big Eyed Fish

I'm still sick. Damn cold or sinuses or whatever. Here's your iTunes DJ for today.

1. Big Eyed Fish - Dave Matthews Band
2. In My Life - The Beatles
3. I Go To Sleep - Sia
4. #34 - Dave Matthews Band
5. Folk Singer - Brendan Benson
6. Love City - Sly & The Family Stone
7. Bartender - Dave Matthews Band
8. Trouble Sleeping - Corinne Bailey Rae
9. After The Blackbird Sings - The Wallflowers
10. Down On The Street - Rage Against The Machine

The DJ must know I've been listening to a lot of Dave. Ha. Hope you all have a great weekend. It's hockey season. You'll be getting a post on that at some point. Right now, I'm going to lie down and hope my head stops hurting.

Back Of The Bus

I'm officially back on the iTunes DJ for my play lists. I just ran out of steam and I'm not that creative. So here's your iTunes DJ.

1. Back of the Bus - G Love
2. Joy Ride - Dave Matthews Band
3. 24 - Jem
4. Beautiful Calm Driving - Sia
5. Lightening Crashes - Live
6. When You're Smiling - Dean Martin
7. Love In The Lies - Amos Lee
8. Witness - Sarah McLachlan
9. Leave That Junk Alone - Johnny Cash
10. Dance Hall - Modest Mouse

There's your DJ. I may be back to post more later. Or not. Still working on re-arranging my house, which is some small way feels like re-arranging my life. Massive change in a small amount of time. But that change is all good and all for the best. It's just a matter of finding room and room can always be found. Is that cryptic enough for you? Ha. I'll b back later. Be good, kids.

Stuck In My Head

Today's playlist is songs that are stuck in my head. You know - those songs that you have to listen to until they make you kind of nauseous to get them out of your head. At any given time, I usually have three or four in my head. Some are there long-term, some are there for a short time. But they are all stuck there, playing in a continuous rotation in my head. Sometimes, it's annoying. Sometimes, like when I'm training, it's helpful. "Semi-Charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind got me through a couple of nasty bike rides. Whatever the case may be, here are some songs that are stuck in my head.

1. No Rest For The Wicked - Cage The Elephant
2. Sexyback - Justin Timberlake
3. Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
4. Fake It - Seether
5. Back In Black - AC/DC
6. Rock Your Body - Justin Timberlake
7. Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine

Not a long list, but those are the ones in my head right now. I will probably be back later today with another post. I have some stuff on my mind. I just have to decide what I want to write about. In the mean time, I hope I haven't gotten any of these songs stuck in your head. Have a good one.

Hey Mr. DJ

It's play list day. I have been thinking long and hard about what kind of list I want to do. In honor of the utterly fantastic DMB/Jason Mraz show, I present you with my happy music play list. 20 of the best happy songs around. Next week, since I'll be on my way to Pacific Grove for the triathlon, I'll do my workout music. But for tonight, here's my happy music.

1. I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
2. Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
3. Float On - Modest Mouse
4. Dancing Queen - ABBA
5. Shake Your Rump - Beastie Boys
6. Labor Day - Black Eyed Peas
7. The Tide Is High - Blondie
8. Jimi Thing - Dave Matthews Band
9. Tripping Billies - Dave Matthews Band
10. Mr Jones - Counting Crows
11. September - Earth, Wind & Fire
12. Come On Eileen - Save Ferris
13. I'll Be Here Awhile - 311
14. Amber - 311
15. Love - G Love
16. Happy Together - The Turtles
17. We Got The Beat - The GoGos
18. Little Bit Of Feel Good - Jamie Lidell
19. Get Down Tonight - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
20. Smile - Lily Allen

There you have it. My happy music. I had a long but good day. Patrick is struggling to play NBA Live on Wii. I'm torn between telling him to suck it up or just taking the damn game away. He gets frustrated entirely too easily. I'll wait for a while. It could just be that I'm tired and cranky as well. I didn't sleep well last night. Funny how you get used to sharing a bed. Makes it hard to sleep when you're alone. But I need to sleep tonight because I'm in for a long ride tomorrow. One week to the triathlon and I'm woefully unprepared. Such is life.

Top Live Songs

I owe you all a couple of play lists. So, for the first one, I'm going to give you my top twenty live songs. I'm limiting this to songs from concerts I've seen and will limit my Dave songs to two. So here goes my list of best live performances.

1. All Along The Watchtower - DMB (with Carlos Santana) Golden Gate Park
2. Faithfully - Journey (Farewell tour in Fresno, 1986)
3. Superstition - Stevie Wonder (7/5/08)
4. Killing In The Name - Audioslave (9/07)
5. I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty (1991)
6. Mad About You - Sting (1990)
7. Let's Dance - David Bowie (1990)
8. Hey Jack Kerouac - 10,000 Maniacs (1992)
9. Evenflow - Pearl Jam (1993)
10. Float On - Modest Mouse (2007)
11. I'm Yours - Jason Mraz (2009)
12. Slow Dance - John Legend (2007)
13. Pump It - Black Eyed Peas (2006)
14. The Seed - The Roots (2003)
15. #41 - Dave Matthews Band (Save Mart Center 2009)
16. Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder (2008)
17. Desperado - The Eagles (2004)
18. Need You Tonight/Mediate - INXS (1988)
19. All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow (2000)
20. America The Beautiful - Ray Charles (2002?)

There you have it. And I could have made a list of just Dave songs. But I've been fortunate to see a lot of bands. I'm kind of surprised Van Halen didn't make the list. They probably should have. But the songs that I listed here are songs that stick in my memory. I'll be back later with a more serious post about another topic. But since I owe a play list or two, I thought I'd get started. Have a good one.

Channeling Anger

Today's play list is my angry music play list. The songs I listen to when I'm really mad. The songs that channel my anger. So here's my list of angry songs:

1. Your Time Has Come - Audioslave
2. It's So Easy - Guns & Roses
3. Highway To Hell - AC/DC
4. One Step Closer - Linkin Park
5. Bleed It Out - Linkin Park
6. Lying From You - Linkin Park
7. My Own Worst Enemy - Lit
8. Just A Girl - No Doubt
9. Last Resort - Papa Roach
10. Why Go - Pearl Jam
11. Jeremy - Pearl Jam
12. So What - Pink
13. Guerilla Radio - Rage Against The Machine
14. Testify - Rage Against The Machine
15. Sleep Now In The Fire - Rage Against The Machine
16. Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine
17. Your Guts (I Hate Em) - Reel Big Fish
18. Fake It - Seether
19. I Hate Everything About You -Three Days Grace
20. Loser - 3 Doors Down

There you have it - my list of angry music. It helps on a bad day. I haven't had a really bad day in a while, thank God. I hope you all have a great weekend. I'm going to by busy but will post tomorrow for sure.

Guilty Pleasures

I actually opened my iTunes to do the DJ and remembered that I'm supposed to be composing my own play lists. Since I can't remember to blog most days (or report for jury duty - more on that one later), I almost forgot about the play lists. So today, the play list is guilty pleasures. Songs that you don't want to admit you like, but you don't change the channel when they come on the radio. I'll try to do 20 - let's see how far I get.

1. Man, I Feel Like A Woman - Shania Twain
2. Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
3. Rock Wit You - Michael Jackson
4. Holiday - Madonna
5. Sunglasses At Night -Corey Hart
6. Groove Is In The Heart - Dee Lite
7. Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
8. Stacy's Mom - Fountains Of Wayne
9. Pink Houses - John Mellancamp
10. Love Shack - B52s
11. Get Down Tonight -K.C. & The Sunshine Band
12. Any Song By The Monkees

That's all I can come up with right now. I know there are more songs, but those, with the exception of Michael Jackson, are on my iPod. So there you have it. I might be back to post later. Have a great weekend.

Let's Get This Party Started

Today's play list is party songs. I made a play list for my birthday party this year. It's really long and I'm not going to add every song, but I'll give you my top 20 party songs.

1. Beer - Reel Big Fish
2. Rock Your Body - Justin Timberlake
3. Come On Eileen - Save Ferris
4. Shake Your Rump - Beastie Boys
5. You & Me & The Bottle Makes Three- Big Bad VooDoo Daddy
6. Labor Day - Black Eyed Peas
7. Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
8. Disco Club - Black Eyed Peas
9. Mercy - Duffy
10. So What - Pink
11. Are You Gonna Be My Girl -Jet
12. We Got The Beat - The GoGos
13. September - Earth, Wind & Fire
14. Boogie Shoes - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
15. Without Me - Eminem
16. Paralyzer - Finger Eleven
17. Canned Heat - Jamiroquai
18. The Remedy - Jason Mraz
19. Sexy Back - Justin Timberlake
20. Get Down Tonight - K.C & The Sunshine Band

That will get any party started. I'm off to Tracy for Patrick's first out-of-town baseball tournament. I will be posting via email tomorrow. It's Denny's birthday and he gets his day of honor on my blog. So be looking for that. Stay out of the heat and have a great weekend.

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Last week, I gave you my playlist for date night songs. To provide a yin to that yang, I now present you my list of breakup songs.

1. You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
2. Delayed Devotion - Duffy
3. You Had Me - Joss Stone
4. Another Lonely Day - Ben Harper
5. If I Never See Your Face Again - Maroon 5
6. Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood
7. Grace Is Gone - Dave Matthews Band
8. Rest Stop - Matchbox Twenty
9. Don't Speak - No oubt
10. You Don't Know Me At All - Don Henley
11. Goodbye - Dusty Springfield
12. Do You Want Fried With That - Tim McGraw
13. Song For The Dumped - Ben Folds Five
14. Lyin Eyes - The Eagles
15. Through With You - Maroon 5
16. I Hate Everything About You - Three Days Grace
17. You're The Reason I'm Leaving - Franz Ferdinand
18. Skidmarks On My Heart - The GoGos
19. Lover, You Should Have Come Over - Jeff Buckley
20. Slow Dancing In A Burning Room - John Mayer

I'm totally paranoid about jinxing myself here. But that's okay. There are many more good break up songs, but those are my top twenty. I am thinking next week, top party songs. I may change my mind. We'll see. If you have a suggestion for a playlist, leave it in the comments. I'll be happy to oblige. In the mean time, I may be back to post again today. We'll see how the day plays out. Have a great Friday and if you live in the 'No, stay out of this God-forsaken horrid heat. 107 just suck ass. Stay cool.

Switching It Up

Instead of doing the iTunes DJ, I'm going to spend the next few weeks presenting my own playlists for certain themes. And in the spirit of love and happiness, I'm going to start with my date night playlist. My 20 favorite date songs.    

1. Let's Stay Together - Al Green    

 2. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love - Barry White    

 3. I'm Yours- Jason Mraz    

4. Bubbly - Colbie Callat    

 5. Time To Make You Mine - Lisa Stansfield    

 6. Better Together - Jack Johnson    

 7. Slow Dance - John Legend    

8. I've Fallen In Love With You - Joss Stone    

 9. Trouble Sleeping - Corinne Bailey Rae    

10. Secret - Maroon 5    

 11. Hold On To Me - Cowboy Junkies    

12. Crush - Dave Matthews Band    

13. Possession - Sarah McLachlan    

 14. Come Undone - Duran Duran    

 15. How Deep Is The Ocean - Etta James    

16. Little Bit of Feel Good - Jamie Lidell    

17. Arms of a Woman - Amos Lee    

 18. Falling For You -Jem    

 19. Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding    

 20. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye    

21.. SexyBack - Justin Timberlake

Okay, I added one. But I love Justin Timberlake. And Becky, that one took me about 5 minutes, but I stole from a playlist I made for Mike. My playlists tend to have a bit of everything on them because I like different kinds of music. Next week, I'm thinking either break up songs or angry songs. Have to counter-balance all the happiness coming from me.

Speaking of happy, I am completely happy right now and that kind of scares me. Though I'm trying to be more positive this year, I still have the nagging "when is the other shoe going to drop" voice in my head. It doesn't come up as often but ti's still there every now and then. But I'm going to ignore it. Because I am happy right now. Things are going pretty well and it's the first time in a long time when most of the parts of my life are firing on all 8 cylinders.

As usual, I have a busy weekend planned. My nephew is down here from Chico and he's spending Saturday night with me and Patrick. I'm letting the boys sleep in the living room. We'll see how it goes. Sunday morning, there will be a house full of kids. I'm actually kind of looking forward to seeing if I can manage watching 5 kids. I'll just bust out mom voice if it gets crazy. Sometimes that works. Tomorrow is a ride/run. I'm looking forward to getting back on the bike. I have been having serious bike urges watching the tour. And serious bike envy. Until I win the lotto, no $10,000 bike for me. What ever you're doing this weekend, have a great one.